Baseball Betting Picks: April 26th 2011
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Pick: Colorado Rockies -135
The Rockies have the edge on the mound with Jorge De La Rosa, who is out of the gate 3-0 with an ERA of 3.00. De La Rosa is coming off a gem, giving up just two runs on four hits of a 10-2 victory against San Francisco. The southpaw, who won 16 games in 2009, is 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA in six appearances against the Cubs. Colorado has been struggling at the plate but will have an excellent opportunity to end its slump against Chicago’s James Russell, who is 0-2 with an ERA of 12.71 through his first two starts. He allowed four runs on seven hits – three of which were homers – in a 5-4 loss to San Diego in his most recent start. The Rockies are 9-3 in road games this season and 4-1 against southpaw starters. The Rockies have now won 6 of the last 7 in the series and the Cubs are only 16-38 in their last 54 games as a home underdog. Take Colorado.

Pick: Los Angeles Dodgers -132
LA Dodgers bullpen has a decent 3.44 ERA on the road this year. Florida is scoring only 3.3 runs per game against left handed starters this year. Clayton Kershaw is 2-2 with a 3.00 ERA overall this year and has a nice 2.13 ERA on the road this season. Chris Volstad is 1-1 with a 7.80 ERA overall this year, 6.97 ERA at home this season and 1-1 with a 7.80 ERA his last 3 starts. Kershaw is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA overall vs Florida since 1997. We’ll recommend a small play on LA Dodgers tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky

Pick: Los Angeles Angels +112
Somewhat surprised by the line here as we expected the Angels to come out as the favorite. Nothing against A’s starter Brandon McCarthy but the Oakland offense is horrific. The only power on this team comes from aging veterans and other than maybe San Diego and Seattle this could be considered the worst offense in baseball. Considering McCarthy isn’t an ace by anyone’s standards it’s interesting to see Oakland favored here. Tyler Chatwood is considered to be the best starting pitching prospect in the Angels organization. And other than one bad inning against the Indians he has played up to that ranking. Los Angeles has the better offense and they have dominated the A’s here in Anaheim as of late. The wrong team is favored here. -Bryan Leonard

Pick: Boston Red Sox -125
The Boston Red Sox have gotten their act together after a 2-10 start to the season. Boston has gone 8-1 in their last 9 games overall, including back-to-back shutout wins over the Angels coming in. They are also on a days’ rest so they’ll be fresh and ready to go when they kick off Game 1 in Baltimore. After a 6-1 start, the Orioles have gone in a different direction. Baltimore is 2-11 in their last 13 games, and they’ve been outscored 7-24 while losing three straight. Clay Buchholz has owned the Orioles throughout his career. Buchholz threw a no-hitter against them in 2007 and is 3-0 with a 0.32 ERA in his last four starts versues Baltimore. Boston is doing everything right, not committing a single error in their last five games. The Red Sox are 8-0 in road games after 3 straight games where they committed no errors over the last 2 seasons. Baltimore is 3-15 in home games vs. a starting pitcher who gives up 5.5 or less hits/start over the last 2 seasons. The Red Sox are 10-3 in Buchholz’ last 13 starts as a road favorite. Bet Boston Tuesday. -Jack Jones